The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-03

had q watcher at every registration olice.
Rsgiatration 10 suspended for the moment,
but when 1t 10 resumed we ahall have our
men on guard ugain." E1
Have you ssen any beneficial 70.
pulls?"t .2s
"Thousando Of illegal registrations have
boen prevented" TTi. e
"What other s!epa have hoen taken ?"
"Wo hRye canyassed tho entiro city,
visited every houae-saken census In
fact. It Was horcutean work, but we
have dono It," '9g3
"Whet Is tho rcsult2"
"Thousands Of frauds havs been detec.
ted. We have found hundreds OF dead
men on the Hat, hundreds OF men who
never had any existence at all. In ono
case au entire class OF medical students at
tho college here were found on the list.
The class had been graduated six or eight
years before and had gone away, but tho
names had been carefully kept on the
books and regularly voted forby the Cor
man people. We found thirty names reg.
istersd from the reaidence OF Sonny
Mshon's mother, IN industrious lady who
runs rum shop, while her Offspring pre-
sides over Federal office. But the list
Is too long. Enoush to say that euch in
stances arc innumsrable. We have idon.
tilted them all, our proofs are ready aud
overwhelming, and We are rushing the
work Of reformation" a,
"How?"
"In the Courts. One Of the Judges Is
hearing: thess caaeH every day. We are
eliminating these frauds at the rate OF
twenty-five to one hundred per diem.
Very likely we shall weed out The whole
list In the brief time now allowed ne, but
we shall have removed several thousands
Of frauds in tho meanwhile" ".g
"fou intend, then, to vote for Repub.
licau Governor" 7t.s19r s.,
"Yes. We intend to vote the straight
Republican ticket nominated last month.
We intend to vote for Republican Mayor
and for all Republican candidates for the
Legislature whenever they are opposed
by Gorman's creatures. We shsli not
rest until the German regime Is over
thrown aud the German influences scotch.
ed. We arc Democrats, VIC were Demo-
Gratis during tho period Of 1s61-7-a time
that tried mems souls, and during which
German WAS Republican oftice.holder-
but We drnw the line OF German, at the
men that German promotes, at the prac-
tees he encourages, ut the debauche.y be
generates" + ..5
The nomination of Mr.. Latrohe for
| Mayor by the German Convention was
ehrewd move. Mr.. Latrobs Ia REGARDED
by many Of those engaged in tho reform
movement 40 q well.meaning man, incap-
sble Of deliberate wrong. The nomins-
! ton, in fact, had for its first effect exactly
what the German managers intended
that Of ehaking the purpose OF the OPPOSE
ton movement. But this seems to be
wearing of. The Independents have come
to gee that thia is fight for principle, and
they must disregard personsl considera-
tons If they would triumph. The Repub.
licans, too, have been shrewd. They have
indorsed for the States Attorney the can
didate Of the reiormera, the man who, as
Assistant state's Attorney, has been cor
Quoting the prosecution Of tho men who
committed election fraudu. They have
had the good taste, also, to Join the re-
formers in perfect faith for reform pur-
pose, and no. with the ahort-sighted view
Of Hnatching poor handful OF apoils out
Of the quarrel. They know the State Ia
Democratic. and are simply acting with
the decent element OF that party 10 put
down the evil and corrupt element.
Altogether, the prospect OF this consuu1.
nation is excellent. Mr.. Cleveland car
ried Baltimore by only six thousand in
1854, when the reformcra voted for him.
and it is estimated that this year there
will DO change Of fully ten thousand
yoteo, five or Elk thousand being added to
the Republican vote directly by the trans-
fer Of the Independents, and four OF FIVE
thousand deducted from the ring vote by
corrections Of tho registration lists. il
thia DO true, the opposition will elect not
only the State ticket proper, but the States
Attorney, the Mayor Of Baltimore and a
majority Of the new Legislature. Further.
more, the Reform and Republican comb.
nation will defeat tho German effort to as.
semble constitutional convention, which
is now generally uudsrstood to have been
inspired by scheme to aell the State
canal to German for song. E1i7'53
Altogether, there ia reasonable hope
that Gormanisn may be suppressed in
Maryland and tho regime OF decency
usheted in as the result Of the existing
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